" "No," said Tom, rather falteringly.
"Yes," said Louisa, falteringly.
"You would like those, Dorothea," said Celia, rather falteringly, beginning to think with wonder that her sister showed some weakness, and also that emeralds would suit her own complexion even better than purple amethysts.
" "You don't feel, Peter," she said falteringly, "that you would like to say anything to my parents about a very sweet subject?
" "John," Wendy said falteringly, "perhaps we don't remember the old life as well as we thought we did.
